Here's a little known fact that I used to use to provoke heated late night barroom arguments. Steve Goodman gets the credit -- including the famous shoutout from DAC -- but John Prine actually co-wrote the song.

I always followed up that argument with one that City of NO was the better song, though not really C&W I guess.

On the one hand, that's a sad story. On the other hand, if you're stupid enough to walk out in front a a train, well, it's hard to feel like you deserved anything else. Trains are loud. The ground shakes, so even a deaf person would feel it. The tracks are a pretty darn clear sign "that is where the damn train is going to go when it gets here". Trains do not sneak up on you.

/In other news, the song in question, "The Perfect Country And Western Song" (officially You Never Even Called Me By My Name) never hit #1, despite being incredibly popular. Heck, you still here it from time to time in honkeytonks today. David Alan Coe had a lot of big hits, and I believe he's still performing, but he never had a #1 hit.

JuggleGeek:In other news, the song in question, "The Perfect Country And Western Song" (officially You Never Even Called Me By My Name) never hit #1, despite being incredibly popular. Heck, you still here it from time to time in honkeytonks today. David Alan Coe had a lot of big hits, and I believe he's still performing, but he never had a #1 hit.

Is this where I adjust the onion on my belt and point out that Coe didn't write that song?

LibertyHiller:JuggleGeek: In other news, the song in question, "The Perfect Country And Western Song" (officially You Never Even Called Me By My Name) never hit #1, despite being incredibly popular. Heck, you still here it from time to time in honkeytonks today. David Alan Coe had a lot of big hits, and I believe he's still performing, but he never had a #1 hit.

Is this where I adjust the onion on my belt and point out that Coe didn't write that song?

Soup4Bonnie:I grew up in that neck of the woods. Glad to see that they got the Murrysville vs. Murraysville controversy put to bed the right way.

Lots of tracks out that way are no longer in use, but I have no idea how you step in front of a train.

as someone who still lives remotely close to the area ( i grew up near there, moved a bit away), those tracks are THE busiest in pennsylvania. 3 tracks, running east to west through Pittsburgh, out past altoona and points east, and out to chicago and points west. Heavy freight traffic, 4 amtrack's a day, and a rail yard right there in pitcairn, yeah, it's pretty busy.

also, as a firefighter myself, this makes me sad in that sense as well, but i think everyone is asking how he got hit. the answer is, we don't know. he was part of the youngwood K-9 search and rescue team, and we don't know how they operate. could've had a headset on to communicate with others without having to use hands for radio. not 100% sure.

JuggleGeek:LibertyHiller: Is this where I adjust the onion on my belt and point out that Coe didn't write that song? I didn't say he wrote it. His well known version *says* that he didn't write it. But feel free to whine about it.

Jesus, if that's what you call "whining" I'd hate to be one of your kids.

JMan245:Soup4Bonnie: I grew up in that neck of the woods. Glad to see that they got the Murrysville vs. Murraysville controversy put to bed the right way.

Lots of tracks out that way are no longer in use, but I have no idea how you step in front of a train.

as someone who still lives remotely close to the area ( i grew up near there, moved a bit away), those tracks are THE busiest in pennsylvania. 3 tracks, running east to west through Pittsburgh, out past altoona and points east, and out to chicago and points west. Heavy freight traffic, 4 amtrack's a day, and a rail yard right there in pitcairn, yeah, it's pretty busy.

also, as a firefighter myself, this makes me sad in that sense as well, but i think everyone is asking how he got hit. the answer is, we don't know. he was part of the youngwood K-9 search and rescue team, and we don't know how they operate. could've had a headset on to communicate with others without having to use hands for radio. not 100% sure.